We have finally completed our home study! This is super exciting and super scary at the same time. It is definitely becoming more real!! What does this mean? Well, the home study is lots of paperwork, interviews, and all the information that you could possibly gather about our family. We had to submit paperwork about our pets. We had to undergo psychiatric evaluations. We had to be interviewed as a family and separately! We had to delve way back into our childhood & upbringing! We had to submit financial information! I didn't know as much about myself as I do now;)
Once the home study is complete, we have approval to move forward in this crazy process! Now, we will send all of this information to the US immigration's in order to get approval to adopt from a foreign country. This will involve submitting our home study, back ground checks, DSS clearance and fingerprints! I firmly believe that if everyone had to go through all of this in order to have a baby, there would be very few children!! Oh, and did I mention that there is more money due! We have to submit money to the adoption agency, pay fees to all the correct agencies and pay for all these evaluations!
I have talked about being out of my comfort zone but, I am REALLY out of my comfort zone! I am a very straight forward person. I wear my heart on my sleeve and am very open. This process lays you bare though! Dredging up the past, how our childhood affects our parenting and who we are today! Recalling painful and happy memories. Explaining to strangers how God has worked in our lives through our marriage and relationships! I see how God is using this process as a means for us to Glorify HIM!! When you look back over your life and how God has molded us, it's extremely humbling! I was able to see God's hand in things that I didn't even realize He was present in! I can see how He has been preparing us for this moment! I can see how He has been molding us for "such a time as this!"
God has been in this adventure long before we even knew we were supposed to step in. From my parent's divorce, my broken childhood, the people He has brought into my life to help mold me, the husband that He prepared for me (who lived in another state), the children He has blessed me with and the friends who have been there to support us...God was in it all! I don't know why I am amazed by that but, I know that I am not worthy of that kind of mercy and grace! But, I am grateful for His hand in it all!
I am also incredibly amazed at the outpouring of love and support shown to our family. I'm sure many of you don't understand why we are doing this yet, you are faithful and loving in your support! We have sold about 70 t-shirts! We have had some incredible donations for our silent auction. We have had some VERY generous monetary donations! We have had people that we support, turn it around on us! It is hard to explain how that feels! The joy, feeling of being unworthy, amazement...I wasn't prepared for all of those feelings! But God...I love those words! But God, knew! He has orchestrated every heart.
Where are we now? Now we start applying for grants. Now we wait to hear back from immigration. Now we start working on our dossier. Now we pray!! God has worked out every single detail up to this point. His timing! Whenever I begin to fret or worry about finances, or the process...He answers! I trust that He is in control and we will continue to be obedient and see how HE is going to work in all of the details!
What can you do? PRAY!! We desperately need your prayers. Satan has been attacking. We still need your financial support. Submitting the dossier comes with a large price tag!
We are having a pancake breakfast (or supper) and silent auction on October 21, 2017 at Red Bank Baptist Church. We need donations for the auction. We need people who are willing to help cook/serve. We need people to come eat & shop! We will have more information as the details are worked out. We would love to have some entertainment...if you know anyone who may be willing! We will be selling our t-shirts and some items that our family has been making.
If you would like to donate money and need a tax receipt, you may do so here:
https://www.purecharity.com/fink-family-adoption
If you wold like a t-shirt, you can email me at tonyamfink@Gmail.com. They cost $20 & come in teal blue or lime green.
We are completely humbled and blessed by everyone that has supported us so far! We REALLY do appreciate your love, support and prayers! We love you all!
The Fink Family
Once the home study is complete, we have approval to move forward in this crazy process! Now, we will send all of this information to the US immigration's in order to get approval to adopt from a foreign country. This will involve submitting our home study, back ground checks, DSS clearance and fingerprints! I firmly believe that if everyone had to go through all of this in order to have a baby, there would be very few children!! Oh, and did I mention that there is more money due! We have to submit money to the adoption agency, pay fees to all the correct agencies and pay for all these evaluations!
I have talked about being out of my comfort zone but, I am REALLY out of my comfort zone! I am a very straight forward person. I wear my heart on my sleeve and am very open. This process lays you bare though! Dredging up the past, how our childhood affects our parenting and who we are today! Recalling painful and happy memories. Explaining to strangers how God has worked in our lives through our marriage and relationships! I see how God is using this process as a means for us to Glorify HIM!! When you look back over your life and how God has molded us, it's extremely humbling! I was able to see God's hand in things that I didn't even realize He was present in! I can see how He has been preparing us for this moment! I can see how He has been molding us for "such a time as this!"
God has been in this adventure long before we even knew we were supposed to step in. From my parent's divorce, my broken childhood, the people He has brought into my life to help mold me, the husband that He prepared for me (who lived in another state), the children He has blessed me with and the friends who have been there to support us...God was in it all! I don't know why I am amazed by that but, I know that I am not worthy of that kind of mercy and grace! But, I am grateful for His hand in it all!
I am also incredibly amazed at the outpouring of love and support shown to our family. I'm sure many of you don't understand why we are doing this yet, you are faithful and loving in your support! We have sold about 70 t-shirts! We have had some incredible donations for our silent auction. We have had some VERY generous monetary donations! We have had people that we support, turn it around on us! It is hard to explain how that feels! The joy, feeling of being unworthy, amazement...I wasn't prepared for all of those feelings! But God...I love those words! But God, knew! He has orchestrated every heart.
Where are we now? Now we start applying for grants. Now we wait to hear back from immigration. Now we start working on our dossier. Now we pray!! God has worked out every single detail up to this point. His timing! Whenever I begin to fret or worry about finances, or the process...He answers! I trust that He is in control and we will continue to be obedient and see how HE is going to work in all of the details!
What can you do? PRAY!! We desperately need your prayers. Satan has been attacking. We still need your financial support. Submitting the dossier comes with a large price tag!
We are having a pancake breakfast (or supper) and silent auction on October 21, 2017 at Red Bank Baptist Church. We need donations for the auction. We need people who are willing to help cook/serve. We need people to come eat & shop! We will have more information as the details are worked out. We would love to have some entertainment...if you know anyone who may be willing! We will be selling our t-shirts and some items that our family has been making.
If you would like to donate money and need a tax receipt, you may do so here:
https://www.purecharity.com/fink-family-adoption
If you wold like a t-shirt, you can email me at tonyamfink@Gmail.com. They cost $20 & come in teal blue or lime green.
We are completely humbled and blessed by everyone that has supported us so far! We REALLY do appreciate your love, support and prayers! We love you all!
The Fink Family
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